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Sheryl Suzanne Crow was born on February 11, 1962, in Kennett, Missouri. Her parents, Wendell and Bernice Crow, were also linked to the music industry. Her dad used to play the trumpet in swing bands when he was in his prime, although he did move on to become a lawyer.Her mom is a piano teacher, so it's no wonder that Sheryl, and her two sisters, were all musically literate. But there was something special about Sheryl from the start.

 Her parents saw it, and now the whole world can see it. In high school, Miss Crow was a very busy girl; she was a cheerleader, played piano, and studied for classes (receiving great marks by the way). She attended the University of Missouri in Columbia and majored in music, to no one's surprise. During her stay at college, she began gaining some real musical experience by performing with a rock and roll cover band named Cashmere.

After that, Sheryl became qualified to write, compose, and teach music. Once she graduated from college, however, Sheryl decided to teach music to elementary school children. Because she wanted to have a soaring career in the world of music, Sheryl packed herself up and moved to Los Angeles in 1986. At first, as is the case with most struggling artists, she took on odd jobs like waitressing and singing in television commercials. Soon after that, Sheryl got her big break after she snuck into an audition where Michael Jackson was auditioning backup singers. She got the part and went on the two-year Bad tour.

Like with all celebrities, it was rumored that "the gloved one" and Sheryl had some sort of romantic involvement, but she quickly squashed all the gossip once she became a staple in the music industry. After the Bad tour came to an end, she later toured in the End of the Innocence tour with Don Henley.

Whilst being a backup singer, Sheryl began gaining necessary studio experience and also wrote songs that established artists like Celine Dion and Wynonna Judd picked up. In 2003, Crow released a greatest hits compilation called The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. In 2004, Crow appeared as a musical theater performer in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely. Her fifth studio album Wildflower was released in September 2005. In 2006, Crow contributed the opening track, "Real Gone", to the soundtrack for Disney/Pixar's animated film Cars.